Axios: The startup that wants to disrupt big internet providers.
[1]https://www.axios.com/broadband-startup-disrupt-internet-service-providers-1b
704aae-b8cf-40f0-b1e3-20e88f24fa91.html

   "A new startup backed by funding from AOL founder Steve Case and
   Laurene Powell Jobs wants to break up broadband monopolies across the
   country.

   Why it matters: Internet access has been crucial during the pandemic,
   but it's not ubiquitous, and it can be both slow and unaffordable in
   swaths of the country.

   What's happening: Underline, a community infrastructure company, began
   building its first open access fiber network in Colorado Springs,
   Colorado, last week.
     * Under the open access model, Underline builds and operates the
       fiber network while multiple service providers can use it and offer
       service to customers.
     * Residential service will start at $49 per month for a 500 megabits
       per second connection, with a gigabit connection available for $65
       per month. That's much faster than the 25-Mbps benchmark the
       Federal Communications Commission uses to define high-speed
       internet service.
     * Underline chose Colorado Springs for its first project by
       evaluating several factors, including households that lack internet
       access, the number of existing providers and how angry customers
       were with their current internet options, CEO Bob Thompson told
       Axios.

   By the numbers: Underline's project in Colorado Springs involves more
   than $100 million in capital to build 400 miles of fiber and offer
   service to 55,000 residences and businesses.
     * Underline has a list of about 2,500 target cities for service,
       Thompson said.
     * "We aspire to be the country's first nationwide open access
       network,"

References

   1. https://www.axios.com/broadband-startup-disrupt-internet-service-providers-1b704aae-b8cf-40f0-b1e3-20e88f24fa91.html